Netflix tells active customers to piss off

[Dave]

Would you pay return postage costs if it meant no throttling ever? I'm not sure, but it would cost me about 12 bucks a month at regular postal rates. You have to figure Netflix is only paying a small fraction of that, but apply that cost across their entire user base. I can see why they'd be concerned, but they should have gamed all that out when they defined their business plan.

[Transient]

You download the music to your computer. They are DRM free, in 192kbps MP3 format. If your harddrive crashes, you can download the music again at no charge. That's one very nice feature that itunes doesn't have.

Wow, that's a pretty cool deal. I may look into that in the future. If I can burn 'em to a CD to listen to in the car, I'm golden. :icon14:

[bitWISE]

Would you pay return postage costs if it meant no throttling ever? I'm not sure, but it would cost me about 12 bucks a month at regular postal rates. You have to figure Netflix is only paying a small fraction of that, but apply that cost across their entire user base. I can see why they'd be concerned, but they should have gamed all that out when they defined their business plan.

I don't think I would. I would just sign up for the blockbuster in-store pass for that price.

[Dave]

You download the music to your computer. They are DRM free, in 192kbps MP3 format. If your harddrive crashes, you can download the music again at no charge. That's one very nice feature that itunes doesn't have.

Sounds ok, but I prefer to send my money to Russia.

I might try that emusic thing though because I don't feel like 'borrowing' Luigi Boccherini from the University music library

[mjrpes]

I feel ethically satisfied using a legit service where a percentage of the money goes to the artist.

[Dave]

lol.. fuck that noise. I use whatever gets me what I want, and allofmp3 is legit (for now). Once someone gets the balls to break the RIAA's cycle of lawsuits, the world will be safe for democracy.. or sommat. Until then, I send my money to Russia. At least the RIAA ain't getting my money either. Anyone who thinks allofmp3 isn't legit is a product of the Cold War fears of Communism

[mjrpes]

I feel ethically satisfied that I am not giving my money to mother Russia. She has been a cold, brutal mother. As the Russian proverb states, "Don’t spit in the well; later, you’ll want to drink."

[Dave]

Its ok, the Vodka will kill the germs \o/